Persian Empire

The Persian Empire was an Arabic empire that was one of the world's largest empires, stretching from Asia Minor to northern India at its height in 335 BCE. The empire originally believed in Zoroaster, but converted to Islam once the Arabs conquered it in the 600s CE.

There were many dynasties of the Persian empire, some being foreign:
 * Median Empire (678 BCE-549 BCE)
 * Achaemenid Empire (550 BCE-330 BCE)
 * Macedonian Empire (330 BCE-312 BCE)
 * Seleucid Empire (312 BCE-63 BCE)
 * Parthian Empire (247 BCE-224 CE)
 * Sassanian Empire (224 CE-651 CE)
 * Dabuyid Empire (642-760)
 * Abbasid Empire (760-821)
 * Tahirid Empire (821-873)
 * Saffarid Empire (861-934)
 * Buyid Empire (934-963)
 * Ghaznavid Empire (963-1148)
 * Ghurid Empire (1148-1225)
 * Khwarazmian Empire (1225-1256)
 * Il-Khanate (1256-1335)
 * Golden Horde (1335-1370)
 * Timurid Empire (1370-1500)